Croatia at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships
# Croatia at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships

Croatia competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 18 June to 3 July.

## Artistic swimming

Croatia entered 2 artistic swimmers.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Klara Šilobodec | Solo technical routine | 72.4970 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Klara Šilobodec | Solo free routine | 73.9333 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Antonija Huljev Klara Šilobodec | Duet free routine | 74.1000 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance |

## Open water swimming

Croatia entered 1 open water swimmer

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Grgo Mujan | 5 km | 1:00:11.7 | 47 |

## Swimming

Croatia entered 1 swimmer.

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Meri Mataja | 50 m breaststroke | 32.34 | 34 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Water polo

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Croatia | Men's tournament | Greece D 8–8 | Germany W 13–9 | Japan W 21–12 | 2 P/off | Georgia W 13–7 | Serbia W 14–12 | Spain L 5–10 | Greece L 7–9 | 4 |

### Men's tournament

**Team roster**

The following is Croatian roster in the Water polo at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships – Men's tournament.

Head coach: Ivica Tucak

* 1 Marko Bijač GK
* 2 Rino Burić FP
* 3 Loren Fatović FP
* 4 Ivan Krapić FP
* 5 Franko Lazić FP
* 6 Luka Bukić FP
* 7 Ante Vukičević FP
* 8 Marko Žuvela FP
* 9 Jerko Marinić Kragić FP
* 10 Josip Vrlić FP
* 11 Andrija Bašić FP
* 12 Konstantin Kharkov FP
* 13 Toni Popadić GK

**Group play**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 23 | +19 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 50 | −18 | 2 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 0 | |

* 1 2 Greece 8–8 Croatia

| 21 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Greece | 8–8 | Croatia | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP) |||
| 21 June 2022 19:30 | Report | Vlachopoulos 4 | Goals | Kharkov 3 | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), David Gómez (ESP) |
| 23 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Croatia | 13–9 | Germany | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB) |
| Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB) |||
| 23 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Bašić, Krapić 3 | Goals | Küppers 3 | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michiel Zwart (NED), Ivan Raković (SRB) |
| 25 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Japan | 13–21 | Croatia | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP) |
| Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP) |||
| 25 June 2022 18:00 | Report | Inaba 5 | Goals | Kharkov, Krapić 5 | Debrecen Swimming Pool Complex, Debrecen Referees: Michael Goldenberg (USA), David Gómez (ESP) |

**Playoffs**

| 27 June 2022 15:30 | Report | Georgia | 7–13 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN) |||
| 27 June 2022 15:30 | Report | Vapenski, Vasić 2 | Goals | Kharkov 4 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), György Kun (HUN) |

**Quarterfinals**

| 29 June 2022 16:00 | Report | Serbia | 12–14 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN) |||
| 29 June 2022 16:00 | Report | Mandić 4 | Goals | four players 2 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Georgios Stavridis (GRE), György Kun (HUN) |

**Semifinals**

| 1 July 2022 19:30 | Report | Spain | 10–5 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |||
| 1 July 2022 19:30 | Report | Granados 4 | Goals | Bukić 2 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Boris Margeta (SLO), Frank Ohme (GER) |

**Third place game**

| 3 July 2022 14:30 | Report | Greece | 9–7 | Croatia | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED) |||
| 3 July 2022 14:30 | Report | Kakaris 3 | Goals | Bukić 2 | Alfréd Hajós National Swimming Stadium, Budapest Referees: Frank Ohme (GER), Michiel Zwart (NED) |
